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Gorgopithecus
Taxonomy
Gorgopithecus was named by Broom and Robinson (1949). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Cercopithecidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Papionina by Jablonski (2002).
It was assigned to Cercopithecidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Papionina by Jablonski (2002).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1949 | Gorgopithecus Broom and Robinson |
| 1997 | Gorgopithecus McKenna and Bell |
| 2002 | Gorgopithecus Jablonski |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene | South Africa | G. major (22333 22334) |